Barbados vs Papua New Guinea: Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita

Barbados
65.74 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
72.76 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2024
Barbados rank
70th
Papua New Guinea rank
67th

Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita over time

  • Barbados
  • Papua New Guinea
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How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 72.76 BoP, current US$ per person against 65.74 BoP, current US$ per person in Barbados, a difference of 7.02 BoP, current US$ per person.

That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.1 times Barbados's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 49 shared years of data; in 1976 it was Barbados ahead.

Barbados ranks 70th and Papua New Guinea ranks 67th of 192 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 5 and Papua New Guinea in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Barbados Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1970s 0.7538 BoP, current US$ per person 0.6548 BoP, current US$ per person 0.099 BoP, current US$ per person Barbados
1980s 6.47 BoP, current US$ per person 0.2867 BoP, current US$ per person 6.18 BoP, current US$ per person Barbados
1990s 6.71 BoP, current US$ per person -0.5184 BoP, current US$ per person 7.23 BoP, current US$ per person Barbados
2000s 236.09 BoP, current US$ per person 4.47 BoP, current US$ per person 231.62 BoP, current US$ per person Barbados
2010s 441.22 BoP, current US$ per person 31.99 BoP, current US$ per person 409.23 BoP, current US$ per person Barbados
2020s 47.29 BoP, current US$ per person 121.55 BoP, current US$ per person 74.26 BoP, current US$ per person Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per capita, Barbados or Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea, at 72.76 BoP, current US$ per person against 65.74 BoP, current US$ per person in Barbados as of 2024.
What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per capita between Barbados and Papua New Guinea?
7.02 BoP, current US$ per person, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Papua New Guinea?
49 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2024.
How do Barbados and Papua New Guinea rank globally for foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per capita?
Barbados ranks 70th and Papua New Guinea ranks 67th of 192 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita
Unit
BoP, current US$ per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
239 places, 10,039 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.